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you were right the first time
but how would you distinguish the differences between the goatsuckers? they all seem similar to me
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Patterning?
I see it more likely that you will get a goatsucker call though.
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Image
EDIT: wow that's big.
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Can you scale it down?
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It's a chickadee, but I'm not sure what kind. Carolina Chickadee?

Edit: Wait, is this bird from the national list or the NY list?
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mountain chickadee?
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it should be a carolina, the mountain has an extra white stripe
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Post by amerikestrel »

Yeah, that's definitely a Carolina Chickadee.

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American coot! so cute

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